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MOUNTAIN ACCENTOll. 
This rare and interesting bird is an inliabitant of the 
soutli-cast of Europe, being found iirincipally in Siberia, 
Russia, and the Crimea. It occurs, but accidentally, in 
tlie soutli of Hungary, in the Neapolitan States, and 
Dalmatia. Its range in Asia is along the same latitude 
as in Europe. Mr. Tristram informs me that the only 
specimen he ever saw was in the Museum at Palermo, 
and he at the same time directed my attention to 
Middendorf’s account of his capture of this bird. I 
copy the following from his ^‘Sibirischc Reise,” vol. ii., 
p. 172:— 
“One specimen only of this bird was shot in the 
StanoAvoj chain of mountains. It perfectly agrees with 
Pallas’s description and Gould’s painting, and conse- 
quently entirely removes the doubt which Brandt 
expressed relating to the identity of the Siberian and 
European Birds, as well as to that which received the 
name of Accentor temminckii. The specimen mentioned 
by Brandt is in the winter plumage; therefore being in 
a transition state, it is fainter in colour, and greyish. 
The stripe over the eyes is white; the throat dirty 
white; breast and belly bright rust yellow. On the 
back of the bird the colours are an admixture of rust 
brown and ash grey, which latter predominates, especially 
about the head and nape. The spots have the same 
colour as in the summer plumage, but in the latter 
they extend more towards the wings. The Accentor, 
Atro-gularis of Brandt, differs from A. montanellus 
essentially in the black throat.” 
The following is Tcmminck’s description of this bird : 
— “The adult male has a hood of deep black, covering 
the head and occiput; a large equally black band 
passes below the eyes, and covers the orifices of the 
ears; a large yellow eyebrow takes its origin at the 
